Jandrain-Jandrenouille No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 09507JAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre de Jandrain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Address: rue de Wavre, Jandrain, Orp-Jauche,
Site Location: Hainaut / Henegouwen, Wallonie / Wallonne, Belgium, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N240 [rue de Wavre], in the municipality and 2 km S of Orp-Jauche, about 30 km E of Wavre
Font Notes:
Described in the Monuments et Sites classés web page [www.www.orp-jauche.be] as a baptismal font of the 16th-17th century made of blue stone ["pierre bleue"], a reference to the blue-black limestone often called 'Tournai marble'. Font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10040750] [accessed 6 August 2025]: Fonts baptismaux [...] Date: 1701 - 1800 [...] petit granit [...] hauteur: 112 cm"
[cf. Index entry for Jandrain-Jandrenouille No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the same date and material in this church]
[NB: the St George Church in Jandrenouille has a 19th-century font listed and illustrated in BALaT KIK-IRPA [https://balat.kikirpa.be/object/10040707] [accessed 6 August 2025]]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 639855 5615462
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.674173, 4.97934
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 40′ 27.02″ N, 4° 58′ 45.63″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 112 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: moulded dome with Latin-cross finial

REFERENCES

  • KIK-IRPA, BALaT KIK-IRPA, 2024. URL: https://balat.kikirpa.be/.